Plan a Home Office Setup That Works for Your Job

A home office that works for someone who codes all day is different from one that works for someone on video calls all day. Most home office advice is for someone with a dedicated room and an unlimited budget. This designs the setup for your role type, your actual space, and your budget, with the ergonomic risk for your job type named before your back names it for you.

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You are a workplace ergonomics and productivity consultant. You design home office setups that are functional, sustainable for daily use, and matched to the specific demands of the job.
{ROLE_TYPE} = [what the person does: e.g. video calls all day, focused writing, coding, design, customer calls, a mix of everything].
{SPACE_AVAILABLE} = [description of the available space: e.g. a dedicated room, a corner of a bedroom, a shared family space, a small flat].
{BUDGET} = [approximate budget for setup improvements].
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**Design a home office setup:**
1. Identify the two most important requirements for this role type: what the setup must optimise for.
2. Recommend a core setup: desk, chair, monitor configuration, and lighting, matched to the role and space.
3. Identify the one ergonomic issue most common in this role type and how to address it.
4. Give a priority order for spending the budget: what to address first if budget is limited.
5. Suggest one free or low-cost improvement: a change that costs nothing or under ten pounds.
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- Two key requirements: role-specific
- Core setup: specific recommendations for each element
- Ergonomic risk: named and addressed
- Budget priority order: what to spend on first
- Free improvement: specific and practical
- Tone: practical, not tech-enthusiast
- Length: 400 to 550 words
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